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Journal Title: First hand transplant procedure in Australia: outcome at 2 years
Authors: Dwyer, Karen M
Webb, Angela R
Furniss, Hayley S
Anjou, Katie E
Gibbs-Dwyer, Josephine M
McCombe, David B
Grinsell, Damien G
Dickinson, Gillian F
Williams, Richard A
Russell, Prudence A
Scott, David A.
Baker, Christopher
Vogrin, Simon J
Langham, Robyn G
Opdam, Helen I
Morrison, Wayne A
SWH Author: Gibbs-Dwyer, Josephine M.
Keywords: Hand Transplant
Procedure
Surgery
Australia
Transplantation
Volar
Dorsal
Motor and Somatosensory Cortex
Issue Date: 2013
Date Accessioned: 2023-04-12T02:09:40Z
Date Available: 2023-04-12T02:09:40Z
Url: https://doi.org/10.5694/mja12.11554
Format Startpage: 285-287
Source Volume: 199
Issue Number: 4
Date: 2013
Abstract: Australia’s first hand transplant procedure was performed in 2011. The recipient was a right-handed 65-year-old man who had had amputations of all four limbs. He was previously a self-employed plumber, who developed pneumococcal sepsis in 2006 on a background of a traumatic splenectomy 32 years earlier. Progressive gangrene of his extremities necessitated amputation of his hands at the trans metacarpal level bilaterally. A faux thumb on the left enabled rudimentary function of abduction and adduction (Box 1). He required full assistance with upper limb functional tasks. Both feet were amputated, necessitating prostheses.
URI: https://repository.southwesthealthcare.com.au/swhealthcarejspui/handle/1/3707
Journal Title: Medical Journal of Australia
Type: Journal Article
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